Sri Lanka professionals call for policy reform in agriculture
June 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka must have a clear cut agriculture policy, especially for paddy, without resorting to short term solutions, if the country …
Agriculture
Sri Lankan tea pluckers not reaping benefits: study
June 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea estate community, which plucked the leaf that kept the economy afloat for more than a century, has not reaped the …
Sri Lanka returns orphaned baby elephants to the wild
UDAWALAWE, June 14, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday released eight orphaned baby elephants into the jungle after rescuing them from near certain death, …
Sri Lankan tea prices stay buoyant
June 12, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices remained strong for the third week running at this week's auctions in Colombo with firm demand from the …
Sri Lanka’s Horana plantation caps management fees
June 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Horana Plantations, which is managed by the Ceylon Theatres group has capped management fees to 15 million rupees a …
Sri Lanka tea prices seen recovering
June 05, 2008 (2008) Sri Lankan tea prices appear to have bottomed out with widespread demand returning to the Colombo auctions which have been enjoying a …
Sri Lanka leader says arable land sown with terrorist mines
June 04, 2008 (FAO) Food production in Sri Lanka has been affected not only by high oil prices, bad weather and storage and distribution problem but by …
Sri Lanka rains, floods affect low country tea crop
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – Floods caused by heavy rains in southern Sri Lanka have disrupted cropping on tea plots but no serious shortfall is anticipated …
Sri Lanka tea price fall squeezes producer margins
May 27, 2008 (LBO) – The fall in tea prices in recent weeks owing to the seasonal increase in supply and lower quality has put producers' margins under …
Sri Lanka Carsons readies for palm oil price correction
May 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Carson Cumberbatch group said efficiency improvements and expanded cultivation in its oil palm estates in south-east …
Sri Lanka banks on quality to hold tea prices up
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Tea exporting countries last week agreed to stick to a minimum quality level to prevent oversupply from depressing prices, …
Sri Lanka to import copra for oil mills
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to import copra, or dried coconut kernel, to feed the country's oil mills which are facing high prices and raw material …
Sri Lanka eastern dairy industry gets US boost
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – The United States which is helping milk farmers in eastern Sri Lanka says more private sector investment is needed to boost …
Sri Lanka Chilaw Plantations back in state hands
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – Chilaw Plantations, a Sri Lanka government owned plantation that was under private management, would be taken back to state control …
Sri Lankan tea prices ease on higher volumes
May 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's auction because of seasonal factors such as bigger volumes and lower quality, brokers …
Sri Lanka Fonterra unit to double yoghurt production
May 13, 2008 (LBO) – Fonterra Brands Lanka is investing 1.2 billion rupees to double yoghurt output and boost local raw milk supplies to cushion against …
Sri Lanka Pelwatte Sugar losses mount
May 12, 2008 (LBO) – Pelwatte Sugar Industries said its March quarter net loss increased 57 percent pushing annual losses to more than half-a-billion …
Sri Lanka tea exports to Iran face high duties, packet ban
May 07, 2008 (LBO) – High import duty rates and a ban on packet tea imports by Iran is preventing Sri Lankan tea exporters from better penetrating a …
Asian Development Bank promises food relief
MADRID, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - The Asian Development Bank on Saturday promised financial help for nations fighting the global food price crisis and attacked plans …
Sri Lankan tea prices ease, crops on the rise
May 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices have begun to decline with the end of the western quality season and increasing crops, brokers said. "The market is …